Cabinet papers: Tension in cabinet over plan to build massive new building for DFAT

By Ross Peake
Updated April 24 2018 - 8:59pm, first published December 31 2015 - 8:03pm

The proposal to build a massive new building close to Parliament House for the status-conscious Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade sparked tensions in the cabinet over the cost, location and strategy.

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